Firefighters raced against time and the tide to release an eight year-old boy who got his foot trappped in a timber jetty near the Three Shells Beach Cafe at 11:55am yesterday. With the incoming tide just two metres away crews rushed to the boys rescue to using a power saw to cut away timber and release him.Crews had released the boy by 12:18hrs. Assistant Divisional Officer Matyn Hodder, Southend Station Commander, said: On arrival the tide was coming in quickly and lapped around the trapped childs feet, the boy was becoming distressed. Crews had to work quickly. A section of the jetty was cut away using electric saws, before the water covered the jetty completely, allowing them to free the boy. As they carried him up the beach to be reunited with his parents and checked over by a paramedic crews turned to look back and the area where he had been trapped it was totally submerged by the incoming tide, Crews did an excellent job releasing him as quickly as they did.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:23:24 +0000